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pimpincavy

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Joined: May 20, 2004

Location: United States

Posted: February 06, 2005 at 12:01 AM / IP Logged

You wanna see a lot of air fresheners....

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Thats my friend joshs car, he has A LOT of air fresheners, that picture doesnt do it justice...and no hes not mexican (last i checked anyhow). He also had home audio speakers in his car for awhile (hmmmm, maybe he IS mexican).

But even his car pales in comparison to one I saw at a local cruise night. A Dodge Durange that must have had well over 100 air fresheners. All teh same color though, green. It was quite the sight to see. Nice truck to, spinners, nice system ( 4 MMATS 15s if I remember correctly).

promodeepcycle

Copper - Posts: 152

Joined: October 17, 2003

Location: United States

Posted: February 06, 2005 at 12:33 PM / IP Logged

ive got everyone beat........... a sh*t sucker........ thats right .. it was an old ford f-150..83-87.. with the sliding back glass... some hose came off and filled this guys cab full of crap........ then like 2 months later he desides to get an amp sub deck installed.... he apoligized the whole time............ just rank......... we pulled it into the bay and almost puked ... nobody wanted to work on it... so i started in... then pulled my buddy over to help......... he still curses me to this day... and when i say full ... i mean full.. to the windows.. then they just hosed it out.. didnt pull anything out... just ran a hose threw it............ yep.. that was far worse than the way to full cig. butt ashtrays.... far worse than the food and baby gunk, when your pullin that camry seat.... far worse than, anything ive ever seen in my 8 years of installing

dont be a pet monkey ..use your dmm

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benjammin74

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Joined: July 10, 2004

Location: United States

Posted: February 07, 2005 at 12:28 AM / IP Logged

I recently worked on a 2004 mitubishi (lancer I think) with probably 9k on the odo. The car was completely trashed inside and out. It had never ever been washed, it had been in 3 separate minor accidents, with no repairs of course..but the inside was almost indescribable. the owner explained that they had chained his rottweiler to the LATCH anchor on the rear deck and then accidentally left the dog in there for like 5 hours. in that time, the dog ate both headrests, most of the shifter, part of the steering wheel, most of the bottom of the back seat, weatherstripping on the left rear window, the armrests were half chewed off, and the entire car was layered in dog hair and stench like you cannot imagine......

believe it or not thats not the worst I've seen, but it stands out becase the car was so new.

car audio pays my bills...

benjammin74

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Joined: July 10, 2004

Location: United States

Posted: February 07, 2005 at 12:45 AM / IP Logged

has anyone had the old vomit stench in the back of a limo? yess that'll get the old gag reflex goin'. how bout live maggots living under the seat? no? seen it. How about mice? yes, thats nothing new. Dead bird rotting in the front grille? so what. used condoms? sure, seen that too, along with an inflatable friend. has anyone installed a stereo in a car that didnt run? probably. I sometimes think I've seen it all, but nevertheless something new will come along and it's so unbelievable I could only tell fellow installers and know they understand....

car audio pays my bills...

sroth140

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Joined: August 27, 2003

Location: United States

Posted: February 08, 2005 at 1:03 AM / IP Logged

i wish i could turn cars away. customers dont understand why i dont want to work on their 90 maxima with every square inch of surface was covered with weed debris. all for a $99 deck. they get pissy when i try and say no but if im concerned for my own well being im not going to take one for the customer.

the worst recently was the 04 monte carlo were the kid in the back seat barfed fast food all over. so the guy wipes it down with a cloth and doesnt bother to tell me. i check him in for a sat. radio install and he leaves off into the store as i pull the car in. i page him back right away but he left the building and went to eat somewhere. two hours later he comes back and wonders why i didnt work on his car. :(

i like all the homies that roll up in the 84' box (caprice) for the $400 deck to be put in. 4 bald tires (they dont even match). the previously cut dash panel is wraped in wood grain paper (like wrapping paper). the steering column moves in 360 degrees physically, not just turning. the white girl baby momma is in the waiting room with two mix kids and baggy eyes while the responsible gangbanger father figure pulls out a wad of cash to pay a $5 materials fee and drops a food stamp card on the desk. then follows it up with "YO MAAAAAAN, how much dem BY 9 speakers cost?!"

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shnackelberry

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Joined: May 31, 2004

Location: United States

Posted: February 08, 2005 at 2:14 AM / IP Logged

got a good one. customer pulls up in a 85 caprice radio is blasting louder than u can imagine. his 5 year old in the back seat.also in the back seat and i mean in the face of the back seat are two horn tweeters cut right into the face of the back seat. the father was wearing ear plugs his kid in the back seat already going deaf. He came in for a car alarm. ok i jump in to move the vehicle. I crank the key nothing. I get the battery charger give it a boost and get it started. Then I put the car in reverse slowly back up and then find the brakes go to the floor and im still rolling. I slammed on the emergency brake just in time to avoid backing right into a brand new bmw. I pull the car into the shop for the install approx 1 hr. When I get the car out of the shop i see approx a quart and 1/ 2 of engine oil all over my shop floor. I guess hell have an alarm in his car for when it breaks down on the ride home. Oh yeah nothing on the car worked lights, blinkers, pwr windows,ac, I mean nothin but the radio and alarm. People need to get their priorities straight. Thats just one one of many cars in my 22 yrs of electronics installations. Ive seen it all

projectprotege

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Joined: February 13, 2005

Location: United States

Posted: February 21, 2005 at 10:28 AM / IP Logged

we tint windows and install graphics where i work and you wouldnt believe the people who come in..cars caked with salt and we have to install graphics, so we take the cars to get washed and charge ALOT for it.i also pulled a car into the shop once and tyhe dvd player came on playing porn with the system up ....lol all you could hear was moaning and stuff throughout the shop haha....

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